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Permalink Reply by Bo on November 13, 2012 at 1:58pm

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Permalink Reply by Bo on November 13, 2012 at 2:01pm

Hey guys!! I would like for you all to look at these two mantle autos.  They were signed in Atlanta in the 1980's.  If some of you autograph professionals could give me some feed back to these two, that would be great!! Thanks

Bo

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 13, 2012 at 2:29pm

Not a Mantle expert by any means, but the bottom one looks weird to me. Also weird he would sign 1952 if he it was signed in the 1980s?

There are several people on here who are great at spotting fake Mantles, hopefully they see this discussion.

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Permalink Reply by Bo on November 13, 2012 at 3:15pm

I'm sorry I didn't make it clear I'm not sure when the 1952 Team photo was signed. I would guess it was not signed in 1952 due to the blue sharpie he used. But the Perez-Steele and his biography that I have were both signed in atlanta in the 1980s. I will post the book auto soon. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Bo on November 13, 2012 at 6:19pm

Hey everyone. I was hoping I would get a few more opinions on these mantle autographs. Any input would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Null on November 14, 2012 at 6:34am

Bo, post the pix in this discussion: http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/mantle-williams-and-...

You will likely get more responses there.

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Permalink Reply by Tylor on November 14, 2012 at 3:04pm

top 1 is real bottom 1 looks fake/forged

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on November 14, 2012 at 4:25pm

the first one is probably ok, but the second one has me baffled.  I would not buy it, real or not.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on November 14, 2012 at 4:39pm

The first one looks ok, but the second one I would stay away from. You can see several areas where there are lighter and darker spots, especially in the l and e in Mantle. The connection of the c and the k in Mickey is very bad. The c normally becomes the left side of the k and here it is separate with another little line added, then the right part of the k.

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Permalink Reply by scott stimell on December 2, 2012 at 4:46pm

perez steele is good the team photo mantle is  BAD!!! NO QUESTION  THE FIRST IS GOOD.. -SCOTT

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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on December 2, 2012 at 5:39pm

Yay my first post-Anyway,I had a perez -steele in person that is exactly signed like that one, def good.The second one the forger had trouble with the second half of his Ms and the E.

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